Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Emerging from his presidential jet at San Diego's airport one night last week, Lyndon Johnson stopped to chat with newsmen. When one of the reporters referred to the Jenkins affair, the President suddenly exploded: "President Eisenhower had the same type of problem with his appointments secretary. The only difference is, we Democrats felt sorry for him and thought it was a case of sickness and disease, and we didn't try to capitalize on a man's misfortune. We never mentioned it." Lyndon's comment sent reporters scrambling for phones, caused many an eyebrow...
...Whol The Jet...
...Bradbury obviously is one of the world's most visionary reactionaries. His enmity to the automobile is so basic that, although he owns two, he never drives and does not even know how. He rides a bicycle and has yet to make his first flight in a jet. He got rid of his first electric typewriter because he couldn't stand all the hmmms and uh'uhs it was saying in reaction to his stories...
Departing from his prepared text, Johnson recalled in somber tones that he had taken the oath of office "11 months and three days ago on that tragic day. November 22, amid the roar of the jet planes" and that he "attempted to pick up where my beloved benefactor and friend had left...
...Presidential jet, embiazoned with the words "United States of America," touched down at Logan Airport at 5 p.m., a half-hour behind schedule. It took off again...